Program Structure

The Postdoctoral Training Program in Clinical Chemistry (Diploma Program), established in 1968, is a program for PhD graduates in biochemistry and related sciences to train as clinical chemists. The two-year program includes training in hematology and microbiology, to allow graduates to function in core laboratory settings. Candidates will rotate through the clinical laboratories of several teaching hospitals affiliated with the University of Toronto. The program meets the training requirements necessary to sit the written and oral examinations for certification set by the Canadian Academy for Clinical Biochemistry.

Candidates will spend approximately half of their time in a hospital laboratory and they will meet with their hospital supervisor weekly to discuss their progress.

By the end of the first year, the candidate must have:

Completed the clinical chemistry laboratory rotation based on the Laboratory Training Manual

Demonstrated a comprehensive, practical and theoretical knowledge of all the important routine procedures carried out in a modern clinical chemistry laboratory

Demonstrated an understanding of the operation, trouble-shooting and ordinary maintenance of all laboratory equipment, including automated instruments

Application Procedure

Deadline: January 15

Information for Applicants:

If a candidate is selected by the Postdoctoral Training Committee for a Fellowship, the candidate will be required to submit a signed statement to the Chair, Postdoctoral Training Committee, that the Fellowship will be accepted if awarded. There is the requirement by the Ministry of Health to return service in Ontario on completion of training, subject to the availability of a position appropriate to the professional training that he/she will have received.

Your official transcripts (BSc, MSc, PhD) *If you have not yet completed your PhD, please provide a letter from your primary supervisor indicating that you will recieve your degree by June 30th

Copies of degrees awarded

International degrees should be accompanied by an assessment from the Comparative Education Service, School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto, or an equivalent assessment service

The completedreferee forms and letters of reference from three referees (please have your referees send their assessments directly to the LMP Postgraduate Programs Office via email. Hard copies will not be accepted.)

The deadline for the receipt of the completed application form, curriculum vitae, degrees, official transcripts, and letters of reference is January 15 of the year in which training is to start. Training begins on July 1.